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Introduction: Tuesday evening, futures markets traded down on news that Apple was seeing lower than expected demand for the new iPhone.  On Wednesday, the markets rallied with the S&P 500 up 2.0% and the NASDAQ up 2.1%.  The reason was the Bank of England announced they would buy long-dated UK treasury securities.  The BoE made … Read more

Introduction: At various times, there have been situations where economic news that was better than expected led to an immediate market decline, and where negative or disappointing economic news led to the market rising.  This effect has been particularly pronounced this year.  Ever wonder who’s benefiting from a bad economy and want to know what’s … Read more